decay # 36 ~ stuck in my head
Decay potpourri • click to embiggenOver the past week or 2 a number of things that I have read have gotten stuck in my head.
I can't seem to shake the thoughts that have been engendered by these various thought thorns. One recent notion in particular is nagging at me like a missed picture making opportunity:
Maybe talking about photography and its qualities is a bit like talking about wine and trying to describe it ... ~ Jörg Colberg @ Conscientious
Feel free to venture an opinion ...
gravitas et nugalis
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that photography posted above is clearly not about being pretty.
Should we then stop trying, just because it is difficult, intellectually? We seem to live in a society that praises the hard of thinking and discourages/ridicules those of a thoughtful disposition. So much for civilization.
I rather enjoy discussing the varying tastes/flavors in wine. The same for photography. Sure it takes a bit of slowing down and thinking...
Perhaps Jörg just meant that the process of analyzing photographs is a bit esoteric and subjective, that there is nothing quantifiable nor universal about the qualities?
Unfortunately while for wine we have a vastly developed vocabulary it is not the same for a photo.